The eastern box turtle represents holding on and surviving, sticking its neck out, which led to its status as a state symbol ...

President Donald Trump signed executive orders to effectively slash environmental protections on more than half of the nation ...

I-40 is closed at the Tennessee/North Carolina state line after a rockslide and flooding. Here's what you should know.

A massive, extinct salamander with jaws like a vice once roamed ancient Tennessee and its fossil has just rewritten what we thought we knew about Appalachian amphibians. Named Dynamognathus ...

Brian Hann and fellow cyclists bike almost 150 miles from Knoxville to Bonnaroo, enjoying scenic routes through East and Middle Tennessee.

A popular mountain bursting with rhododendrons and endangered species in Mitchell County will soon reopen, nearly eight months after Helene's damage.

Korey Hampton sees progress every day as she works along the French Broad River. But, nine months after Hurricane Helene, ...

On a clear, sunny day in May, just a few weeks into the Smoky Mountain rafting season, Heather Ellis took a dozen people ...

Midway up the Appalachian Trail, a little country store in Gardners, Pennsylvania, invites hikers to take on an additional challenge: eating a half-gallon of ice cream in one sitting ...

The Tennessee County Powers Act would enable the County Commissioners to create rules for unincorporated areas inside Johnson County.

The bulk of roadless areas are spread across public land in the West, but roadless areas in the East are concentrated along the Appalachian mountain chain.